Fundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.
Democrats Lost the Propaganda War
The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.
How did the Platner campaign spend their money?
mostly on ads and consulting. so much ads and consulting.
Midterm Political Ad Spending Hits Record $11.21 Billion
Political ad spending for the 2026 midterms has hit a record $11.21 billion, surpassing the 2024 presidential election cycle, according to AdImpact.
Conservative PACs have paid at least $1.6 million to the extended Metric Media network this election cycle, a Tow Center investigation reveals.
Nonprofits and political action committees (pacs) are using Metric Media’s extended network of local news sites to provide a range of campaign services to conservative candidates in the run-up to the November midterm elections, new research by the Tow Center shows. The tactic of using partisan newspapers to launder advocacy is being taken up […]
Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering
These are Democratic state candidates in *extremely* close races
There is nothing the current Democratic Party can offer Trump supporters
It doesn’t seem like Democrats have really digested, yet, exactly how badly their brand has been tarnished.
We spent $51,975 on podcast advertising: here’s everything we learned
Demystifying a good bit of the podcast sponsorship experience.
Why does every poll seem to show a tossup now?
Campaigns see internal polls as tools for fundraising
Why Dems Keep Screwing Up Media Efforts
Wired has a story by Taylor Lorenz about Chorus, which is a Dem backed influencer agency, attempting to recruit influencers with $8000 a month retainers and contracts that stipulate that they not disclose that they're being paid by the group. Taylor has written about Chorus before, and in particular,
Robert Mahon (@bedform.org)
It amazes me how much money our professional societies spend on outside firms to make certain their conference websites get worse and worse every single year
Inside the Secretive World of Campaign Ads Funded by AI Super PACs
Bellingcat analysed more than 300 online video ad campaigns promoting or opposing candidates for the upcoming US midterm elections.
A.I. Groups Are Spending Millions to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
Leading the Future network | Tech Influence Watch
Committees, donors, and election spending across the Leading the Future PAC network.
Ten more unintuitive things about impact philanthropy fundraising
some more lessons I’ve learned, for the $free.99
The 1% hide their money offshore – then use it to corrupt our democracy | Aditya Chakrabortty
From US billionaires to City barons, the super-rich are buying political influence as never before. Our politicians now work for them, not for us
The Metric Media network runs more than 1,200 local news sites. Here are some of the non-profits funding them.
<p>This is the first part of a two-part investigation. The second piece can be found here. As local news outlets across the US struggle to stay afloat, pop-up newsrooms are filling the void. Organizations with ties to political parties, special-interest groups, and lobbyists have emerged under the guise of news. One of the biggest such […]</p>
